Amusement device



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'UNITED STATES ISAAC N. BERAI-IA, or NEW YORK, N; Y.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

Application filed February 28, 1923. Serial No. 621,960.

I '0 all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, ISAAC N. BERAHA, a citizen of Bulgaria, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Amusement Devices, of which the following is a specification. v

This invention relates to an amusement device adapted particularly for use. in pleasure resorts, and contemplates the provision of a miniature cannon or suitable imitation firearm or gun mounted on wheels and adapted to be projected or impelled by asudden push of the hand up an .inclined trackway, the cannon having invthe'muzzle thereof a cartridge chamber so that when the device is impelled the entire distance of the platformor trackway, the cannon will engage a suitable firing pin which will explode the cartridge.

A further objectof this invention isto provide an amusement device of the foregoing description comprising a miniature cannon of improved construction and which is guided upon an inclined platform in an efficient and improved manner.

Other objects of this invention will appear in the following description there-of, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, wherein like reference characters in clicate corresponding parts in the several views and wherein Fig. 1 is aperspective view illustrating my invention; Fig. 2 is a detail view illustrating the firing parts; Fig. 3 is a side elevation partly in section illustrating the invention; Fig. 4 is a plan view thereof; Fig. 5 is a cross section taken on line 55 of Fig. 4 and Fig. 6 is a cross section taken on line 66 of Fig. 4:.

Before explaining in detail the present improvement and mode of'operation' thereof, I desire to have it understood that the invention is not limited to the details of construction and arrangement of parts which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, since the invention is capable of other embodiments, and that the phraseology which I employ is for the purpose of description and not of limitation.

."Referring to the drawings wherein I have illustrated a preferred form of my invention, itwill be seen that the toy cannon or other equivalent firing" device adapted. to

travel upon an inclined plat'form 9 which maybe of suitable construction. The upper end of theplatform maybe supported by upright posts 10' having a cross piece 11 therebetween, and the lower end of the platform may be supported-by suitable posts 12 having a cross piece 13 therebetween. Upon the platform 9-are mounted a pair of laterally spaced parallel railsl and 15. These rails may be spherical in cross section and maybe secured to the platform in. any suitable manner. I Between the rails 14 and 15 is mounted a guide rail 16 which is spaced from the platform 9 by means .of suitable supports -17 secured to the guide rail-at-18. Acannon or other equivalent firearm is mounted upon the rails 14 and 15, and the carriage thereof comprises preferably a base portion 19 having at the forward part thereof upwardly extending spaced ears .ZObetween which the barrel 21 of the cannon is pivoted The pivots5 as shown in Fig. 6, may: comprise i together by means of a handle 27.. *Itwill be noted that the rear portion of the base19 and thestraps 26 form the trail, ofthe gun carriage. 4 p M The barrel of the cannon preferably come prises a solid casting of any suitable metal such as brass and in order to adjust the tilted position of the barrel, the breech end ed to engage or rest upon a threaded 'rod. 29 having a handle portion 30, so that upon turning the'handle .30 the rod 29imay be adjusted in the base 19 so as to permit the of the cannon is rounded at 28 and is adapts position of the breech end 28 ofthe cannon to be adjusted as to height.-,, The cannon is held inposition upon the rails 14:. and 15 by means of guiderolls which engage the guide rails 16 and hold the ,cannon against lateral movement and also tilting movement. At the undersideof the forward part of the base 19 are vsecured screws 35 carrying spaced" rollers 36 having flanges 36*; the rolle s b ing spaced. suffioiently toembwee the guide rail 16 and the flanges 36 projecting beneath the guide rail so as to interlock the rollers therewith. Adjacent to the rear end of the base 19 are secured a pair of screws 31 carrying spaced rollers 32 also having flanged portions so that the guide rail is held between the rollers and engages the same. The-rollers 32 are smaller than the rollers 36 so as to maintain the cannon at the proper angle with relation to the guide rail 16 and the platform. The rear end of the base 19 is slotted so as to receive a roller 33 pivoted thereto at 34 and which projects beneath the base member so as to engage the upper surface of the guide rail 16, thereby supporting on the guide rail the trail of the gun carriage.

Thus, it will be seen that the cannon is effectively guided upon the trackway, and is held in proper position with relation thereto by means of spaced vertically pivoted rolls 32 and 36, and the horizontally pivoted roll 33, all of which coactwith the guide rail 16 so as to guide the cannon against transverse and tilting movement, and at the same time Without materially retarding the movement of the cannon up and down the platform.

The muzzle of the barrel 21 is provided with a cartridge chamber 37 adapted to receive a suitable cartridge or other explosive element 38. At the upper end of the inclined platformis mounted a suitable ornamental structure 41 and connected thereto and to the platform is a bracket 40 having a firing pin 39 secured to the upper end thereof. A series of electric lamps 43 are mounted in spaced relation along one side of the platform, and suitable electric contacts 42 are carried by the rail 14 so that when the Wheel 24 of the cannon travels over the rail 14 engagement of the wheel With the several contacts 42 will actuate successively the electric lights 43.

At the rear end of the platform 9 is mounted a spring bumper 44 which may be supported by means of brackets 45, and at one side of the platform is mounted a handle 46. The inclined platform may be constructed to have any suitable length and in practice has been usually about thirty feet long.

In using the device the cannon in its initial position is at rest at the lower end of the platform, and the user will grasp the handle 46 with his left hand and the handle 27 with his right hand and by means of a quick push with his right arm will impel or project the cannon up the platform as far as possible. The cannon is usually of such weight as to render it difficult to impel the same the full distance of the platform so as to cause the firing pin 39 to engage the cartridge 48 andexplode it. The lights 43 are preferably spaced at measured distances apart so that as they are successively lighted when the wheel 24 passes over the contacts 42, the furthest light from the starting point which is actuated will indicate the distance which the user has been able to push the cannon.

By means of the wheel and screw 29 the barrel of the cannon will be tilted into such position as to adjust the cartridge chamber 37 in proper position to cause the pin 39 to fire the cartridge. The cannon will return to the starting point by gravity and by engaging the spring bumper 44 will be prevented from running off the platform.

It is to be understood that by describing in detail herein any particular form, structure, or arrangement, it is not intended. to limit the invention beyond the terms of the several claims or the requirements of the prior art.

3 Having thus explained the nature of my said invention and described a Way of co r structing and using the same, although without attempting to set forth all of the forms in which it may be made, or all of the modes of its use, I claim:

1. In a device of the class described the combination of an inclined platform, a wheeled firing device mounted thereon and adapted to be propelled up said inclined platform, means for guiding said device upon the platform, a support located at the upper end of said platform, means for holding a cartridge and means for exploding it, one of said means being carried by said support and the other by said firing device, and a handle connected to said firing device and adapted to be grasped for propelling the firing device up the platform.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of an inclined platform, a cannon mounted thereon and adapted to be propelled up said platform, a guide rail carried by said platform, means carried by said cannon and cooperating with said rail for guiding the cannon against displacement on said platform, measuring means carried by the platform and including a series of con tacts located at predetermined distances apart, and means carried by said cannon for engagement with said contacts.

3. In a device of the class described the combination of an upwardly inclined platform, rails carried thereby, a cannon comprising a carriage, wheels carried by the carriage and mounted on said rails, a trail carried by the carriage and adapted to be grasped for propelling the cannon up the platform, a guide rail for guiding the cannon, and spaced rollers carried by said cannon and cooperating with the guide rail.

4. In a device of the class described the combination of an upwardly inclined platform, rails carried thereby, a cannon comprising a carriage, heels carried by the carriage and mounted on said rails, a trail carried by the carriage, a handle secured to said trail and adapted to be grasped for propelling the cannon up the platform, a guide rail for guiding the cannon, spaced rollers carried by said cannon and cooperating with the guide rail, and a roller carried by said trail and engaging said guide rail for supporting the trail in position.

5. In a device of the class described the combination of an inclined platform, a cannon comprising a carriage and cartridge supporting means, wheels at the forward end of the carriage, a rearwardly extending trail secured to the carriage, rotatable means for supporting said trail, rails carried by said platform, means for guiding the cannon upon said rails, and a stationary firing means mounted at the upper end of the platform.

6. In a device of the class described the combination of a platform, a guide rail carried thereby, a cannon adapted to travel over said platform and comprising a wheeled carriage, a rearwardly extending trail secured to said carriage, spaced guide rolls carried by the cannon and embracing said guide rail, and a guide roller carried by said trail and engaging the top of said rail.

7. In a device of the class described, the combination of an upwardly inclinedplatform, spaced rails carried thereby, a guide rail, a cannon adapted to be propelled up the platform and comprising wheels traveling on said rails, guide means connected to said cannon for engagement with said guide rail, electrical measuring means for indicating the distance which said cannon is propelled up the platform, said measuring means comprising a series of contacts 10- cated in position to be successively engaged by the cannon upon predetermined travel of,

the cannon up the platform.

8. In a device of the class described, a-

the platform, and guide means connected to said trail and cooperating with said first guide means for maintaining the trail on the platform and against substantial tilting movement when the handle is grasped for propelling the cannon.

9. In a device of the class described a platform, a cannon having a muzZle,-and comprising a rearwardly vextending trail, a handle secured to said trail, means for guiding said cannon on said platform and including means carried by said trail for maintaining. the same in elevated position above the platform.

10. In a device of the class described the combination of an inclined platform, firin means at the upper end of the platform an a stop at the lower end thereof, a handle secured to the platform adjacent to the lower end of the platform, a cannon traveling on said platform, means for guiding the cannon, and a handle secured to the rear end of the cannon, said handles adapted to be grasped for propelling the cannon up the platform.

Signed at 1822 Park Row Building, New York, New York, this 25th day of January,

ISAAC N. BERAHA. 

